E T E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack CD

Original score composed and conducted by John Williams.
Recorded at MGM Music Scoring Stage, Culver City, California.
Original score composed and conducted by John Williams.
Recorded at MGM Music Scoring Stage, Culver City, California. Includes liner notes (interview) by John Williams.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable only on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Original score composed and conducted by John Williams.
Recorded at MGM Music Scoring Stage, Culver City, California. Includes liner notes (interview) by John Williams.
Judged purely by the standards of soundtrack music, John Williams' score is nothing special. Its languorous orchestration is delivered with a good deal of restraint, to convey the mystery, uncertainty, and sometimes unease of a melodramatic film about the discovery of extraterrestrial life. Indeed at times you'll be wondering if the volume on your stereo has been accidentally lowered, as some sections fall toward the threshold of audibility. Only occasionally does the mood become jubilant or overtly sentimental. It's for the most part unobtrusive background moods for the film's story, more comforting than eerie, whether or not that was the intention. ~ Richie Unterberger

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